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It's fascinating to see the adverts too, Kid - it really brings back the feel of the time. I can't remember the Spider-Man patch at all but I was reading Marvel at this time so I don't know why I've forgotten it - by contrast I remember the MWOM/Hulk patch very well. The last pic made me smile as I was insanely excited about the upcoming Marvel adaptation of 'Beneath the Planet Of The Apes' - it was trailed for weeks beforehand in POTA. And around this time I also saw 'Beneath' at the cinema in a double-bill with 'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes' - as an apes nut it was awesome to see the apes on the big screen. Do you remember the Marvel badges that were advertised on the back of the weeklies in January 1975 ? There were about eight of them, it would be great to see them again. Although at the time I'd only recently started reading Marvel and that was only POTA so I didn't actually know who characters like the Thing, Black Widow, Dr. Strange and Conan were (as I recall they were all on the badges).

I seem to vaguely recall them, CJ, but I'll have to look through my back issues again at some stage and see if I can spot the ads. By the way, I specifically included that last image because I knew you'd like it. The only 'Apes' movie I've ever seen on the big screen is the Tim Burton one. I've got all the original movies in a DVD boxed set 'though.

A big thanks from me too for that POTA back page. I've been after all the Apes back pages from OTHER Marvel UK comics for some time now.. I may have missed a few on release or accidently sold some issues. The problem is identifying which comics they actually appeared on!

I knew someone would recognize the name, Phil. That's why I included that page. I remember seeing them advertised in Marvel U.K. mags. Didn't Brian Bollen draw one of their ads, or was that for Maya Merchandising?

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